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Denier Bracteate - Ludolf I of Schladen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Halberstadt |
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| Year | 1236-1241 |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a bishop in high relief, depicted frontally within a beaded inner circle. The figure wears a mitre surmounted by a decorative finial and is vested in ecclesiastical robes with a prominent vertical orphrey visible at the chest. Two small globules flank the lower portion of the bust on each side, and stylized foliate or scroll motifs appear in the upper field to either side of the mitre. The design is rendered in the characteristic flat, single-sided bracteate technique, with the image struck in high relief on an irregularly shaped thin silver flan. |
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| Mint | Halberstadt |
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Ludolf I served as Bishop of Halberstadt from 1236 to 1241, a period when the bracteate — struck on a single thin flan from one die — had become the dominant coinage form across much of northern and central Germany. The Bishopric of Halberstadt was among the more prolific ecclesiastical minting authorities in the Harz region, and its output during this period reflects the fragmented monetary geography of the Holy Roman Empire, where episcopal mints routinely operated with near-total independence from imperial oversight.